Celebrity style made possible from student wardrobe

A picture-story compiled to get your creative juices flowing with your very own wardrobe.

It is a well known fact between women of many ages that if you wanted to avoid feeling disgusting and ugly you should strongly avoid publishing yourself on the internet in direct photo comparison with Cheryl Cole. Therefore no person in their right mind would do it. Which is why I can only conclude that I was not in my right mind when I did this. However, the original point of this madness was to see if I could recreate the styles of some of the best dressed celebrities from my very own wardrobe, without looking like a desperate wannabe. I personally think the styles came off quite well, I will leave the desperate wannabe deduction up to you.

I chose five celebrities that – A) I think are beautiful and B) I can imagine would spend a bucket load of money on each of their day to day outfits. I then rifled through my own clothing collection to find similar items, roped my housemate Jasmin into helping me, and set to work on recreation. And as I know you are dying to see how I got on, here they are:

Cheryl’s figure is so annoyingly to die for that anything looks good on her, this outfit is just one of many that oozes sophistication as well as sex appeal. To re create it we teamed wet look leggings with a cream ruffle t-shirt and a black boob tube, finished by simple black heels. We know we are no Cheryl…but we think we did pretty well here. Plus, her outfit probably cost her a fortune. This costs £56 all together. Lovely.

Cream ruffle top – H&M, £15; Black boob tube – New Look, £6; Wet look leggings – Topshop, £20; Black heeled shoes – New Look, £15

Another Chezza beaut. Simple and casual in a t-shirt and blazer. Matched by my wardobe with a folded-up t-shirt dress and finished off with wet looks. Total cost of mine: £58

T-Shirt – H&M, £8; Blazer – H&M, £10; Wet Looks – Topshop, £20; Bag – Brighton Market, £20

I LOVE this. Cheryl’s really pulling off the all black look. Admittedly, I’m not pulling it off quite so well, but the style is a near perfect match. The leather jacket sexes the look up and the grey heels finish it perfectly. Love it, £125 for mine. (I know this seems alot, I’m sorry, but compared to Chezza’s we’re probably making a MASSIVE saving.)

Wet looks – Topshop, £20; Shoes – Office, £40 (sale); Vest – Zara, £5; Jacket – Miss Selfridge, £40; Bag – Brighton Market, £20

Next, to Katy Perry. I’m undecided as to whether I like this look or not, but the fact is, it’s working for Katy. Jas pulls it off in her own knee high socks, thigh length grey vest and cream bobble hat. Total cost of outfit – £60

Knee highs – New Look, £4; Hat – Miss Selfridge, £8; Vest – Topshop, £12; Jacket – Miss Selfridge, £40; Bag – New Look, £6

This is one K-Perry style I am sure of and I was V. excited to find items of my own to pull it off. Even better, the total outfit was a New Look hattrick, and being such a good value store, it totalled at £37.

Crop top – New Look, £6; Skirt – New Look, £6; Shoes; New Look, £25

From K-Perry to K-Moss, and Kate looks bangin’ (pardon the slang) in this sophisticated yet casual number. Considering her super model status we don’t expect anything less, we also don’t expect her outfits to anything but extortionate in price. I, however, did find this nifty little combination in my wardrobe which imitates Kate’s look pretty well. The boots were a bit of a killer for the bank balance but the whole outfit still only cashes in at £195. Actually now that I’ve written it down that doesn’t seem so cheap, but pretty none the less.

Blazer – River Island, £40; Vest – Zara, £5; Scarf – H&M, £10, Jeans – Topshop, £20; Boots – River Island, £75

Keeping with the model theme and moving to Sienna Miller. The fur jacket in this picture is what caught my eye, and Jas shows off her own as we match our clothes with Sienna’s. I dread to think how much money Sienna is wearing here, but Jasmin’s outfit comes together at just £119. Not bad for the super model image.

Fur Coat – MuuBaa, £25; Beige Cropped Jumper – Topshop, £28; Black Vest – New Look, £6; Wet Looks – Topshop, £20; Boots – New Look, £25, Bag – New Look, £15

And finally we come to Vanessa Hudgens in one of my all time favourite looks for summer; an over sized white shirt and brown accessories. I absolutely adore this and am proud to say I’ve recreated it almost exactly. Vanessa’s probably came with a hefty price tag, whereas mine rolled in at £75. Absolute bargain.

White Shirt – Primark, £7; Shoes – New Look, £50; Belt – Topshop, £18

So it seems it truly is possible, you really can emulate your favourite celebrity without having to aquire a small loan from the bank. (Unless, perhaps, if your favourite celebrity is Lady GaGa.) I’m proud of my efforts, and will be walking around with permanent sunglasses attached to my face, shouting ‘NO PICTURES’ to random strangers from this moment on.

Capturing my bad side – My hobby VS my addiction

Michael - The Photographer

I’ve mentioned Michael before in my blog, he’s very, very, VERY good at photography – he’s currently studying it at Lincoln University and he’s doing very, very, VERY well… Yes, I am sucking up to him, and why? Because he holds the power to make me look exceptionally disgusting on Photoshop if he wishes. As it goes, he actually manages to make me look alright. I probably wouldn’t have helped him this time if he had made me look bad in his previous work, I’m pretty vain and won’t bother lying about it.

His current project involves photographing people from two perspectives – the first, something they like about themselves, a quality to be proud of, or ar least, not embarrassed about. The second, something they don’t like about themselves. Ouch.

He chose my good side – he wanted to take a photo that expressed my creativity. But when it came to chosing my bad side, he pretended he couldn’t think of any, possibly for fear that if he insulted me in anyway I would refuse to help him. Luckily, I already knew too well what my negative aspect could be, I get it alot from, well, everyone. My addiction to fake tan. Don’t laugh.

So followed a day of us turning my room into a studio, or attempting to. Me perching precariously on a window sill, until deciding that I simply wasn’t model-sized enough to fit properly. (My rear end was too large.)  Michael taking about four hundred attempts to get the lighting JUST RIGHT. Me standing in my sunny, but undeniably cold garden getting splatted (there is no other word to better describe it) with brightly coloured paint. Me trying to look at a dead flower like I loved it and that it was my dream to cover it in pink and yellow paint.

It did, however, all pay off. Apart from the insane amount of paint that was left in my hair when we were finished, we managed to get two lovely shots without TOO much trouble, one for my good side, one for my bad side. They’re shown below, and I have labelled them just incase Michael and I are deluded and you can’t tell which one is which. 

My Good Side - Creativity

My Bad Side - Tanorexia